Paul Tillich's theory of existential anxiety: A preliminary conceptual and empirical examination

Anxiety, Stress and Coping

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-399

  Weems, Carl F ^a   Costa, Natalie M ^a   Dehon, Christopher ^a   Berman, Steven L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Existential anxiety; Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 11344278077     PISSN: 10615806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10615800412331318616     Document Type: Review

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